History of the Institute

In 1993, the entities Mútua Sabadellenca and Caja de Ahorros de Sabadell created the Fundació Parc Taulí with the aim of promoting teaching, research and innovation among the professionals of the Parc Taulí, both from a scientific and medical point of view. as from the management and organization of the care activity.

The Fundació Parc Taulí, together with the Consorci Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, the UDIAT Diagnosis Center, the Sabadell Gent Gran Center de Serveis and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), set up the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT) in 2015. This milestone was made possible thanks to the integration of excellence in knowledge and the innovative and improvement capacity of biomedical research groups, integrated into the lines of research and belonging to the entities constituents of the Institute.

The Foundation was originally the managing body of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT), which provided the necessary structure to carry out the purpose of the institute from its inception in 2015. Six years later, in December 2021, a statutory reform was approved that allowed the I3PT to be consolidated as an entity with its own legal personality by integrating its objectives into the areas of action and competences of the Fundació Parc Taulí. , which was renamed Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute Foundation.

The work for scientific excellence and for the construction of a self-sustainable research and innovation model and generator of business potential have been, from the beginning, the axes on which the activity of the 'I3PT.

The Institute is committed to its researchers, the scientific community and the territory. In this sense, it incorporates companies, technology centers, a knowledge center and the reference university, the UAB, in its model, forming a true ecosystem of research and innovation.

Values ​​such as creativity, teamwork, excellence, transversality and cooperation permeate the work and company culture and support the true driving force behind all this activity: the knowledge and motivation of professionals in the search for methods and tools that help improve the health of people.

All this is possible thanks to the support of the governing bodies and the management of the Parc Taulí Health Corporation, as well as the work and enthusiasm of its professionals.

One of the most important milestones of recent years for the I3PT has been its recognition as a CERCA center in 2021. This fact implies being part of the research structure of Catalonia, as a quality research center and effective and efficient management, with a governance model that allows us to achieve standards of excellence and, at the same time, access to new economic resources that allow us to continue advancing with the scientific development of the I3PT.